Jerry Lawson - Thawj Dub Kev Yees Duab Kev Ua Si

Hauv ib lub sijhawm thaum lub computer thiab kev ua si video game feem ntau muaj cov Caucasian Cov Txiv Neej, Jerry Lawson yog ib tug neeg muaj tswv yim. Nws tsim ib qho ntawm thawj daim ntawv ua si video game consoles (Fairchild Channel F), uas yog tsim los ntawm ib qho kev ua si ua thawj zaug ( Demolition Derby ), yog lub taub hau ntawm Videosoft, tus neeg tsim ua tus yawg rau Atari 2600 , thiab thawj African Asmeskas nyob rau hauv qhov kev ua si video game kom ua tiav li kev ua tiav.

Lub npe: Jerry Lawson

Yug: 1940

Kos Nyob Hauv Gaming Keeb Kwm: Thawj Dub Kev Ua Si Engineer thiab Designer, Spearheaded Fairchild Channel F video game console, tsim thiab ua tus Demolition Derby arcade kev ua si, lub taub hau ntawm Videosoft kev ua si.

Jerry Lawson & # 39; s Thaum Ntxov Lub neej

Loj hlob ntawm tus tub ntawm cov tsev neeg tau nyiaj tsawg los ntawm ib qhov chaw hauv vaj tse hauv Jamaica, New York tsis tau rov qab muaj ib tug hluas Jerry Lawson. Nws niam, tau txiav txim siab kom nws tus tub mus rau cov tsev kawm ntawv saum toj kawg nkaus thiab tau txais txoj kev kawm zoo tshaj plaws, txawm tias nws yog tus thawj coj ntawm lub PTA. Nws txiv, ib tug ntev longshoreman, tau muaj kev puas tsuaj rau science thiab technology, uas nws tau dhau mus rau nws tus tub.

Raws li ib tug tub hluas Jerry twb yog ib lub lag luam uas tsis tsim nyog thiab tau txais lub siab, tau txais ib daim ntawv tso cai rau hauv lub cev thiab siv nws los tsim nws lub chaw nres tsheb hauv nws lub tsev, thiab ua thiab muag muag.

Engineering nws txoj kev Fairchild

Tom qab kawm Queens College thiab Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv Qib Siab hauv nroog New York, Lawson tau pib ua haujlwm engineering, ua haujlwm hauv cov haujlwm tshiab xws li tsoom fwv Fais, Grumman Aircraft, thiab PRD Electronics. Thaum kawg, nws tau tsaws hauv Fairchild Semiconductor hauv xyoo 1970 los ua haujlwm nrog lawv cov kab ntawv tas nrho thiab microprocessors.

Thaum nws thawj ob peb xyoos nrog Fairchild, Jerry pib koom nrog ntau lub computer technology, raws li nws nyiam loj hlob nws koom lub Homebrew Computer Club thiab befriended cov founders ntawm Atari , Nolan Bushnell thiab Ted Dabney, thiab tus engineer qab Pong , Alan Alcorn .

Fairchild Channel F - Keeb kwm ntawm kev ua si video Trailblazer

Nolan thiab Ted tau qhia Jerry lawv txoj kev tsim, Khoos phib Tsheej Chaw , thawj cov khoom siv nyiaj npib nyiaj ua si, tom qab uas Jerry pib nyob rau hauv tsev, tsim thiab tsim nws lub tshuab siv nyiaj npib nyiaj, Kev Tso Cai Derby , siv microprocessors ntawm Fairchild.

Thaum cov execs ntawm Fairchild kawm ntawm nws cov creation arcade lawv muab nws nyob rau hauv them nyiaj ntawm lawv lub tsev video kev ua si console project, uas nws thiaj li ua tus Fairchild Channel F, thawj ROM cartridge video qus console.

Jerry Lawson thiab TV POW

Ntxiv rau kev ua thawj coj ntawm Fairchild Channel F project thiab tsim ntau ntau yam ntawm nws cov qauv, Lawson, thiab nws pawg neeg kuj tau ua hauj lwm rau kev nthuav dav cov kev siv zog hauv kev tshaj li qhov kev ua si xwb.

Ib qho ntawm ntau qhov kev hloov ntawm Channel F technology uas Lawson thiab nws pawg ua ke yog TV Pow , thawj zaug, thiab tsuas yog video ua si hauv xov tooj cua broadcast.

Raws li kev ua yeeb yam hauv zos tus me nyuam pom ntawm cartoons, tus tswv tsev yuav muaj cov neeg hu tuaj koom rau hauv TV Pow , uas yog qhov chaw tua shooting qhov chaw ntawm Channel F, nrog lub hom phiaj loj hauv nruab nrab. Thaum yeeb ncuab cov nkoj ya mus rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm lub cev, tus neeg ua si yuav qw "POW" los tua thiab ntaus lawv lub hom phiaj.

Tom qab Fairchild Channel F

Tom qab tawm hauv Fairchild, Lawson pib nws tus kheej tsim video game, Videosoft, nrog intentions los ua kev ua si thiab cov khoom siv cuab yeej cuab tam rau Atari 2600 . Videosoft twb tuaj tsim ib daim cartridge xwb, " Xim Bar Generator ", uas yog tsim los txhim kho koj lub TV rau xim thiab kho cov duab ntsug thiab kab rov tav.

Niaj hnub no Lawson tau txais txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm cov txiaj ntsig kev so hauj lwm thiab koom nrog retro gaming expositions thiab cov rooj sib tham raws li ib tug neeg tuaj hais lus. Los ntawm pib ntawm nws txoj hauj lwm mus rau hnub no, nws tau amused thaum nws sib ntsib ntau ntau cov neeg uas tau hnov ​​txog nws, tab sis thaum sib tham nws nyob rau hauv tus neeg yog ceeb ntawm qhov tseeb tias nws yog dub. Raws li nws tau hais rau hauv xyoo 2009 sib tham nrog Benj Edwards rau Vintage Computing thiab Gaming "Kuv tsis mus qhia txhua leej txhua tus kuv dub, kuv ua kuv txoj hauj lwm, koj puas paub?"